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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Lisa Chesters

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Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$116,846

0.8× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026

Of which $82,318 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $757.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.8 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Administration
    $47,572
  2. Office Facilities
    $34,528
  3. Employee Travel
    $14,341
  4. Other Car Costs
    $10,196
  5. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $5,842
  6. Travel Allowance
    $2,254
  7. Telecommunications
    $999
  8. Family Travel
    $688

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $34,527.81
  2. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $15,633.83
  3. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $14,340.54
  4. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $8,694.00
  5. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $3,400.00
  6. Regional Radio Broadcasting Services 27 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,764.00
  7. Parliamentary Duties
    Travel Allowance · 2026-03-01
    $1,288.00
  8. Printing and Communications 1 Jan 26
    Office Administration
    $1,257.07
  9. Printing and Communications 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,218.91
  10. Printing and Communications 1 Dec 25
    Office Administration
    $1,122.73

Sources

  • Headline, category breakdown, and largest claims: IPEA quarterly expenditure report, 2026Q01 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
  • Trend line: same source across 12 quarters (2023Q02 → 2026Q01). Median-MP comparison computed across all parliamentarians active in each quarter.
  • Identity: party, state, electorate, and role are read directly from the source CSV. From 2022Q03 onwards, MPs are tracked by a stable IPEA OfficeCode; earlier rows match by name.
  • Repayments sourced from the IPEA quarterly repayments CSV (available from 2022Q03 onwards). They are reported as a separate line, not netted off the gross total — ReportingPeriodId on a repayment marks when the money was paid back, not when the original claim was made. Adjustments are still not integrated. See methodology for the full list of caveats.